Audible

When Audible Captions was announced in July, the publishing world was quick to pounce. They thought that an audiobook that also produces text would devalue their ebooks. This prompted the Association of American Publishers to file a lawsuit on behalf of major publishers. It looks like this gambit as paid off, Audible announced today that their new Captions system will exclude … [Read more...] about Audible Captions will not include works from major publishers

Audible is planning on launching a new feature called Audible Captions, that will convert audiobooks to text, giving people a chance to read the audiobook, as it is being played. Ever since the company first announced the system, everyone has been raising hell. Today, the Association of American Publishers filed a lawsuit against them.The lawsuit, which names seven AAP … [Read more...] about Association of American Publishers files a lawsuit against Audible

The Audible audiobooks of the Alien franchise is doing spectacularly well, and Audible has been hunting around for more partners to develop more original content for their website and series of apps. They have just struck a deal with Skybound, the team behind The Walking Dead, to create multiple Audible originals.“At Skybound we strive to connect creators to new and existing … [Read more...] about Audible will release Walking Dead Originals

Audible is the largest audiobook retailer and dominates the market. The company is working on a new system, that will launch in the next few months. They intend on providing audio captions of audiobooks you are listening to, so you can read, as you listen at the same time.The new audiobook system is currently in development and will work with their mobile apps for Android … [Read more...] about Audible is working on a new system to convert audio to text

Your Spotify playlist might be getting a bit stale and not everyone has the same taste in music. Audiobooks are perfect for a road trip, dock lounging sessions, camping trips or starlight bedtime stories with the family. Here is a list of some Canadian audiobooks that are ideal for Canada Day.Biographies & Memoirs:Never-Ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and … [Read more...] about Here are the best audiobooks for a Canada Day Road Trip

Audible is the largest audiobook subscription platform in the world. You can subscribe on a monthly basis and get one credit per month, or you can pay more to get more credits. If you want to get 12 credits all in one go, you can do that too. One of the big problems with Audible, which they did not advertise, is that credits expire after six months of not being used. Due to … [Read more...] about Audible Audiobook Credits now expire after one year

Audible has just launched Audible Latino, an integrated, multicultural destination for U.S. Hispanic customers to access a robust content catalog of Spanish-language and culturally relevant English-language spoken word content. In order to draw attention to the new portal, the company has just attained the entire Harry Potter series written by J.K. Rowling in Spanish, performed … [Read more...] about Audible launches audiobook portal that is aimed at Latinos

Living Social is running a promotion for an Audible subscription. The $1.90 fee will give you access to one free audiobook per month and is available for new members or people who have cancelled their account. If you feel like purchasing an audiobook, once your credits expire, you will save 30% off à la carte purchases. Once the promotional period expires, the normal rate will … [Read more...] about Get 2 months of Audible Membership for $1.90

Amazon has just added 1,000 kid friendly audiobooks from Audible as part of their Freetime Unlimited Program. Kids can now listen to popular titles like Peter Pan, Rip Van Winkle, Beauty and the Beast, and Snow Queen. Parents can also add additional Audible books to their child’s FreeTime profile via the settings on their child’s device, or remotely via Parent Dashboard. The … [Read more...] about Amazon Freetime Unlimited adds 1,000 audiobooks

Audible is releasing an update to the Audible App that will allow Apple Watch users to enjoy Audible directly from their devices. This is made possible by Apple’s new operating system, watchOS 5. With the new update, watch users can sync Audible books from their libraries to their watches; play Audible books on the go via Bluetooth; and control playback from the watch face – … [Read more...] about Audible now available on Apple Watch

Audible Originals are hit or miss in terms of quality and in the past these audiobooks were only able to be accessed if you spent one of your precious credits. Amazon has augmented their Originals program and will now make six titles available on the first Friday of every month and you can pick two of them to download for free.The first six titles comprise of Girls & … [Read more...] about Audible Originals now given away for free to paid subscribers